Twitter's former security head, Alan Rosa, sued the company, Elon Musk, and company adviser Steve Davis after an allegedly wrongful firing for protesting X's cost-cutting measures.
X Allegedly Cuts Twitter's Products, Services
According to the lawsuit, Musk hired Davis and was given full authority. He then conducted cost-cutting measures such as "cutting Twitter's products and services that supported and complied with the Twitter FTC Consent Decree."
Twitter previously settled with the FTC the issue of inappropriate use of users' data which prompted the decree. However, both Davis and Musk became dismissive of the existing decree.
Reports showed that the cuts allegedly involved applications that can detect software vulnerabilities and Salesforce programs that are required to respond to law enforcement information requests. Rosa also revealed that Davis informed him that the physical security budget would be cut by 50 percent by midnight.
The security head was fired five days after he complained about changes. His access was revoked without notice and his severance package was put on hold while they investigated his conduct as an employee.
X Conducts Series of Lay Off Upon Musk's Acquisition
Just a few weeks after Musk bought off Twitter, the company faced a class-action lawsuit filed by former employees due to his mass firing. According to the suit, the workers were not given notice and time to process their firing.
Based on the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (WARN) and California WARN Act, companies must notify employees within 60 days in advance before the termination. Similar to Rosa's case, X has "refused to pay its portion of the arbitration fees" according to his lawyers.
The former security chief is now seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Meanwhile, X has not yet issued a response.
